Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Writers at work: Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990) in the tiny writing hut at the bottom of his garden, circa 1980s.He filled the untidy hut with his ideas and inspirations, and kept a jar of his own spinal shavings on his desk.An article published in 2005 in The New Yorker stated that the walls of the hut (which has been preserved) are stained a brownish colour from the countless cigarettes Dahl smoked.